Caching questions

  • Resolved zimbo000

    (@zimbo000)


    4 years, 7 months ago

    I am the technical resource for the news website referenced. I have read the FAQ for caching but am still uncertain as to what settings I should use.

    The site has 12,370 posts (news stories) going back over 9+ years. New posts are added daily, usually between 4 and 8 a day. The editor has been getting complaints recently that new posts and/or updated stories are not showing up immediately, but eventually do so “after a while”.

    Page caching is enabled and the lifespan is 24 hours.
    I purged the cache and it is now “re-building” and increasing in size and files all the time.
    ‘Preload now’ says “Preloading posts found in sitemap: 51 out of 738 URLs preloaded”, and also seems to be increasing (slowly).
    ‘Schedule preloader’ is not enabled.

    My guess is that caching is the cause of the user “complaints”.

    Can I change the settings to increase the rate at which posts are shown/updated?

    Should I schedule the preloader? What does this do?

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  • Harshad

    (@bornforphp)

    4 years, 7 months ago

    @zimbo000 Yes scheduling the preloader will preload the urls every interval its set to.

    Try to set the schedule the preloader and check if it helps to fix the issue?

    Thread Starter zimbo000

    (@zimbo000)

    4 years, 7 months ago

    Cache rebuild finished:
    Current cache size: 830.48 MB
    Number of files: 18224

    What would be a suitable cache lifespan given the nature of the site? I assume you would recommend a shorter time but are there any downsides to that?

    Should I set the preloader the same as the cache lifespan?

    Harshad

    (@bornforphp)

    4 years, 7 months ago

    @zimbo000 You can set it to 24 hours.

    Yes its good to set both preloader same as the cache lifespan.

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